Sanitary belt



Jan. 1935. Q FOURNESS 1,987,437

SANITARY BELT Filed Novl 16, 1931 Patented Jan. 8, 1935 UNITED I STATES SANITARY BELT Charles A. Fourness, Neenah, Wis., assignor to International Cellucotton Products Company, Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Delaware Application November 16, 1931, Serial No. 575,203 1 Claim. (01. 128-291) This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of a sanitary belt, and has for its main object the provision of a belt of simplified construction which is adjustable as to size and which is of light weight construction but durable and efficient for its intended purpose.

Other objects and advantages of the construction will be understood by reference to the following specification and accompanying drawing in which a sanitary belt embodying the improved construction is illustrated.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective; Figure 2 is a front elevation of a buckle ele- 15 ment;

Eigure 3 is a side elevation of a buckle element,

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing, theimproved belt includes a strap element 5, preferably of elastic webbing. The strap element 5 may be of comparatively narrowwidth, for example, fiths of an inch, and it includes a main body portion 6 which is adapted to fit in a substantially horizontal position about the waist of a person, and end portions '7, 7 which are passed through openings, such as indicated at 8, in a front buckle or clasp v 9, the said end portion 7 being rebent so as to overlie the adjacent portions of the-strap. The .end portions are 'adjustably secured to the strap by means of buckles, such as indicated at 10. The rear buckle or clasp 11 is also suspended from the body portion 6 of the belt by means of a strap member 12 which is stitched or otherwise secured to the body portion of the belt. Any suitable form of adjustment, as indicated at 13, may be provided for adjusting the distance between the buckle 11 and the belt .6. V The buckle 9 is preferably made of a suitable 40 non-metallic sheet material such as celluloid or pyroxylin. It is provided with a pair of vertically aligned, spaced openings 14 and 15, respectively,

the lower ofwhich is bounded with a smooth edge. The upper opening 15 is provided with smooth 5- top and side edges, but has teeth such as indicated at 16 formed in its lower edge so as to project upwardly therefrom. The openings 8, 8 are ar-; ranged on-opposite sides of the upper opening 15 in oppositely inclined relation, said openings being 50 disposed in downwardly and outwardly diverging relation to each other. a

From an inspection of Figure 1, it will be seen that the angular arrangement of the openings 8 serves to produce a dip in the front portion of the belt at opposite sides of the front buckle 9. This the belt tothe front buckle is also simplified,

inasmuch as the belt is directly attached to the buckle by having its end portions extended through the openings 8.

The buckles 10 may be 'of any suitable mate- 10 rial, for instance, brass, and each buckle includes a pair of openings .17. The main body portion 6 of the belt extends from the rear side of the buckle through one of the openings 17, across the front side of the intermediate portion18 of the buckle and rearwardly through the other opening 17 tovthe back of the buckle. The rebent end portion-7 isrextended through the opening l7 farthest from the buckle 9, and the end thereof is provided with a metallic tip 19 which is an- 20 chored to the end by means of a tooth 20 punched from the tip member into the strap end. The arrangement is such that the metal-tipped end of the strap may'be passed through the opening 17 and interposed between the intermediate buckle portion 18 and the portion of the belt. member 6 which extends across the front face of the said buckle portion 18. when the tipped end portion of the strap is held against the intermediate buckle'portion 18, as shown in Figure 4, it is effectively anchored to the buckle. Adjustment of the size of the beltmay be effected by sliding the buckles 10 along the main body portion 8 of the belt, as will be evident.

The front and'back buckles 9 and 11 are each provided with upper and loweropenings, such as described in connection with Figure 2, and the tab portions of the sanitary napkin may be attached to the respective buckles. substantially in the manner indicated in Figure 3. The front 40 tab portion 21 is extended forwardly through the upper opening 15 and caused to be impaled on the teeth 16. The tab is then turned downwardly and extended rearwardly through the lower opening 14. In actual use, the rebent front end ofthe tab 21 will, of course, be pressed against the other portion of the said tab and the napkin willbe effectively anchored in the buckle. To release the napkin from the buckle, it is merely necessary to invert the buckle so as to cause the teeth 59 16 to point downwardly, whereupon the tab 21 will free itself from the teeth and slip out of the openings 14 and 15.

. The above described sanitary belt construction is quite simple and is obviously very easy to man- 545 ufacture. The assembly of the parts, especially of the front buckle and the end portions oi. the belt, is greatly facilitated by the direct connection described. Obviously, certain changes may be made in the described structure without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In combination, a sanitary belt comprising a body encircling band, a buckle depending from said band and having a pair of vertically spaced openings, the upper of said openings being pro-'- vided with upwardly extending teeth on its bottom edge and substantially smooth side and top edge portions, the lower opening having smooth edges around its entire periphery, and a sanitary napkin having a fastening tab projecting outwardly through said upper opening, impaled on said teeth and returned inwardly through the lower of said openings and positioned adjacent the tab portion entering the upper opening, the arrangement being such that said tab is detachable Irom the buckle by turning the latte toward an inverted position so that said teeth point in the direction of pull on the napkin.

C. A. FOURNESS. 

